Category: Current Issues
A response to misinformation of a Soviet educated opinion writer in The New Yorker.

A response to misinformation of a Soviet educated opinion writer in The New Yorker.

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The New Yorker opinion piece filled with numerous inaccuracies and falsehoods: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-historians-under-attack-for-exploring-polands-role-in-the-holocaust?fbclid=IwAR2rl1ffynoi9RHGyF6g67xkobpiqZrSQ-lfEumBFJJ4AJ4DT0Np8bTlYpc Subj: Letter to the Editor The following letter was sent to themail@newyorker.com Dear Sir/Madam, I am writing in response to the article titled “The Historians Under Attack for Exploring Poland’s Role in the Holocaust” written by Masha Gessen, which your paper published on…

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MP Daniel Kawczynski did nothing wrong and, unlike his accusers, has no reason to apologize!

MP Daniel Kawczynski did nothing wrong and, unlike his accusers, has no reason to apologize!

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Recently, the only Polish born member of the British parliament was attacked for attending a National Conservatism conference in Rome that, amongst other agenda items, paid tribute to Polish Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan for their role in bringing down Communism in Eastern Europe. One of the critics of MP Kawczynski stated that…

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Journalists weave familiar anti-Polish stereotypes into their reports on the Auschwitz Commemorations

Journalists weave familiar anti-Polish stereotypes into their reports on the Auschwitz Commemorations

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Introduction In January 2020, a number of news media outlets reported on the two foremost commemorations of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. The first commemoration took place in Jerusalem, Israel, and the second took place in Oświęcim, Poland. This paper will examine articles that reported on the two events and were published…

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Response to Biased Opinion Piece by Rivkah Brown, Senior Commissioning Comment Editor and Columnist at “The Independent”.

Response to Biased Opinion Piece by Rivkah Brown, Senior Commissioning Comment Editor and Columnist at “The Independent”.

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Dear Sir/Madam: I am writing in response to the article “Poland is in denial about its role in the Holocaust – it was both victim and perpetrator” by Rivkah Brown, which was published in The Independent on 22 January 2020. As Ms. Brown’s article was an opinion piece, I respectfully ask that my response below be published…

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Daniel Kawczynski MP in the Holocaust Memorial Day Debate in Houses of Parliament

Daniel Kawczynski MP in the Holocaust Memorial Day Debate in Houses of Parliament

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“I would like to address colleagues, not as the MP for Shrewsbury, but as the only Polish-born British Member of this Parliament. A lot of the killings during the Second World War took place in the country of my birth. Of course, we could not go back to Poland after we had left, because of…

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Problems with Article in “The Atlantic” by Doctor Edna Friedberg of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Problems with Article in “The Atlantic” by Doctor Edna Friedberg of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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Dear Doctor Friedberg, I recently came across and am writing in response to your article entitled “The Truth About Poland’s Role in the Holocaust” that was published in The Atlantic on 8 Feb 18. There are a number of problems, which I address below. You’ve correctly described the first component of the antidefamation law, i.e.,…

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